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Suicide in America (New and Expanded)

by Herbert Hendin

Suicide, treatment, and social policy

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Suicide, treatment, and social policy

Herbert Hendin approaches suicide through a psychosocial lens, connecting the care of seriously suicidal people with broader social attitudes and policy. The book argues that treatment can be possible and examines misconceptions surrounding suicide. Its expanded edition adds a chapter on euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands, drawing on interviews with practitioners and proponents, and considers the debate around the right to die. Together, these subjects place clinical care alongside questions about autonomy, public policy, and how societies understand dying and living.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking a psychosocial perspective on suicide and its treatment.
  • Those interested in social policy debates around the right to die, euthanasia, and assisted suicide.
  • Readers exploring how clinical care intersects with public attitudes toward suicide.

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Suicide and treatmentPsychosocial perspectivesSocial policy and misconceptionRight-to-die debatesEuthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands

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Book overview

In this new edition of his acclaimed work, Dr. Herbert Hendin casts new light on the problem of suicide, offering what he calls a "psychosocial perspective." Demonstrating that treatment of seriously suicidal people is possible, he also shows how our social policy toward suicide is marked by misconception. He evaluates the "right-to-die" movement, and in a comprehensive new chapter he presents a powerful portrait of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands. Interviews with the leading practitioners and proponents are included. This book has much to say not only about how we die but also about how we choose to live.

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